Conference moira::parenting

>    Why is it that so many people feel so strongly about NOT finding out
>    what the sex of the baby will be prior to birth?  One of the first few
>    questions people ask me is if we're going to find out...when I reply
>    that we'd really like to, some people get very "defensive" almost...I

It may be that some folks are thinking about finding out via amnio, versus
the unreliable ultrasound.   We experienced some very real negative
reactions to the fact that we took the option to do an amnio (maternal age).
If we'd had bad news about the baby, I don't know what we would have done.
But definitely some people don't want to even think about the possibility
of terminating a pregnancy, no matter what the circumstances.  And so they don't 
like amnios either.   

For us, I must say it was very helpful to know the sex in advance.  It made
us focus on chosing a boy's name  (it was his middle name that gave us fits),  
and it also gave us lots of time to resolve the circumcision issue.